Consumer multirotor drone (DJI Phantom)
Dron multirrotor de consumo (DJI Phantom)
- Date
- 2013 · confidence high
- Place
- DJI, Shenzhen, China
- Credited to
- Frank Wang (DJI); the Parrot AR.Drone (Paris, 2010) as a forerunner
- People
- 👤 Frank Wang1980–
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A quadcopter stabilised by MEMS sensors and GPS with a gimbal-mounted camera, ready to fly out of the box. It democratised aerial photography and created an industry dominated by China.
What it led to
- Accessible aerial photography and film-making, and industrial inspection
- Precision agriculture and drone delivery
- Commercial drones converted into weapons and the regulation of airspace
Built on
- Global Positioning System (GPS)1978-1995
- Lithium-ion battery1980-1991
- smartphone MEMS sensors
- brushless motors
Made possible
- drone delivery
- agricultural drones
- combat FPV drones